Lodging houses may be permitted in accordance with the use tables in Chapter 4, Articles 6 and 8, and 12, subject to the following conditions.
(a) No more than one lodging house per individual tract, parcel or platted lot is allowed.
(b) Public ingress and egress to the boarding house shall be through one common exterior entrance. Ingress and egress for lodger shall be through common exterior entrance.
(c) Entry access to all sleeping rooms shall be through the interior of the building. No exit doors from individual sleeping rooms shall lead directly to the exterior of the building.
(d) Residents must have access on-site to shared common areas for cooking and eating. A common kitchen facility equipped for cooking meals located on-site must be available to the residents, or daily meals must be provided on-site for the residents of the lodging house.
(e) No cooking is permitted in any sleeping room. No cooking facilities are permitted in any sleeping room.
(f) Each floor must contain at least one fully-equipped bathroom for each five residents that is accessible from a common hallway.
(g) Each resident must execute a lease before occupancy.
(h) Parking spaces shall be provided as follows: one space per leased sleeping room; and one space per four employees.
(i) Owner of the lodging house must obtain a certificate of occupancy and register with the multi-family inspection program before operating a lodging house.
(Ord. 15286, § 1, passed 10-8-2002; Ord. 21946-10-2015, § 1, passed 10-13-2015, eff. 10-17-2015; Ord. 26358-08-2023, § 5, passed 8-8-2023)